A famous actress has a nervous breakdown during a junket for a new franchise film. She asks a complete stranger (who mistakenly thinks he's rented her family's house) to pretend to be her boyfriend for the holidays and spend it with her eccentric family.
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
Dos jóvenes parejas deciden abrir su relación y hacer un intercambio, pero las cosas no salen según lo planeado. La culpa y la mentira se instala en sus vidas y amenazan con arruinarlo todo.